Improvement in butter-dishes



A if' 1am gafwr @firing WESTEL E.- HAWKINS, 0F WALLINGFORD, CGNNEGTIGUT, ASSIGNR T0 SIMPSON, HALL,a MILLER 85 CO., OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 74,221, datedFebv'uary l1, 1868.

IMPRQVEMENT IN BUTTER-DISHES.

TO ALL WHGM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WRsrnL E. HAwKINs, of Wallingford, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Butter-Dishes; andi do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bc a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-e- Figure'l, a side view.

Figure 2, the same, turned one-fourth around, and showing the cover opening.; and in Figures 3 and 4, detached views. I

-This invention relates to an improvement in butter-dishes, such as have the cover pivoted to the bowl, so as to be turned over upon a pivot, and commonly called revolving butter-dishes, the object being to attach the cover to therbowl, so that while it canbe easily detached, it cannot be accidentally detached; and the invention consists in the peculiar manner of forming aloekjoint by making'a groove in each of the trunnions,'

anda projection upon the bearing so asto entcrvthe said'grooves, the said projection serving tosecurc the cover in its position. Y i In order to the clear understanding of my invention, as well as to enable others to construct the same, I

is the bowl, constructed double, and provided with acover, B, so as to revolve and turn over between the outer and inner bowl, the usual manner, the trunnions, It, of the cover resting in bearings, b, onthe bowl, the said-bearing being shown in fig. 3. Upon the outer end of each of the trunnion's is formed a knob or handle, C, for the purpose of turning the cover; and upon the inner end of the neck of the kncb,`and around the truunion, I form a groovc,f,` as seen inifig. 4, and cut a notch, z, outward; and upon the outer end of the bearing b, I form a projection, cl, as seen in iig. 3, which, when the tru-unions are set into the bearing in the proper position, will pass through the opening z' into the groove f, on the neck of the knob, and the position for so entering the groove I ind to be best formed at that point where the cover is partially turned, as in iig. 2, and being Seton in that position, the projection d entering the groove when the cover is turned, the groove p'crmits its-free and by the said groove and projection securely hold the cover in its`bearings, andand there is willprocee'd to a description thereofA as'illustlated in the accompanying drawings.

passage upon the projection, so that it cannot be removed except when in the position in which'it was placed upon its bearings,I 4no liability of its being accidentally removed when in thatv position. i

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I clairn` as new anduseful, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj l The arrangement of the projection el upon the bearings, trunnion, so as to operate iu the manner substantially as described.

WESTEL E.V HAWKINS..

` Witnesses:

FRIEND MILLER, ANDREW ANDREWS,

combined with the groovcf in the knob around th A 

